Defence to death
- May 11, 2017
- Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
- 2h median play time
Get on Steam"Defence to Death" is a challenging tower defense game where players must strategically place and upgrade units to defend against enemy waves. With a variety of units, upgrades, and enemies, each level offers a unique and dynamic experience. The game features a level editor, allowing players to create and share their own custom levels with the community.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers easy achievements, making it appealing for completionists.
- It can be a quick playthrough, taking around 1-2 hours to finish.
- The clicker element adds a unique twist to the tower defense mechanics.
- The game features repetitive maps and minimal content, with only 3 unique maps reused across 9 levels.
- The user interface is poorly designed and not intuitive, making gameplay frustrating.
- Overall, the game lacks depth and strategy, making it feel boring and unengaging.
- graphics7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some praising the beautiful visuals and well-designed maps, while others criticize the outdated 2000s style and poor quality reminiscent of the late 90s. Overall, the graphical presentation appears to be a significant point of contention among players.
“An interesting and unusual game, beautiful graphics, well-designed maps.”
“Graphics and UI (smartphone port, I'd say).”
“2000's style graphics and sound.”
“Graphics suck as well.”
“Ugly graphics from 1998, sounds from 1992.”
- gameplay6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay is criticized for its lack of clear explanations and visibility of mechanics, leading to a frustrating experience. Players find it repetitive and limited, with some reporting only about an hour of engaging content, resulting in low overall satisfaction.
“The gameplay mechanics are engaging and offer a unique experience.”
“The controls are intuitive, making it easy to jump right into the action.”
“The variety of challenges keeps the gameplay fresh and exciting.”
“However, this mechanic isn't explained clearly - the most that it does is to place a sign that shows that you can click an enemy, which is hidden beneath the blurry, winter-themed filter.”
“It's hard to notice that this mechanic exists unless you know it beforehand.”
“Gameplay is repetitive, therefore 5/10, maybe less.”
- music4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The game's music aspect is heavily criticized, with users noting the absence of background music and only featuring an annoying wind sound, which contributes to a dull and unengaging experience. Overall, the lack of music is seen as a significant drawback.
“Small tower defense game that lacks a lot of features and doesn't have background music, only annoying blowing wind.”
“Usually, I comment on the music, but there was none.”
“It has no music, and it's really, really bad and boring.”
- story3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for its lack of depth and engagement, with players noting that it features minimal content and repetitive missions, leading to an overall uninspiring experience.
“No story, no depth at all, and no fun to be had.”
“Only a few missions; some are duplicates.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
Players find the game to be very easy, but note that it can become grindy if cheat codes are not utilized. Additionally, there are about four achievements that require approximately 30 extra minutes of grinding to complete.
“The game is very easy, but it becomes grindy if you don’t use the cheat code.”
“There are about four achievements that require an additional 30 minutes of grinding to complete.”
“The grinding aspect of the game feels excessive and detracts from the overall experience.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is described as a mixed bag; while some players find it genuinely funny and enjoyable, others feel that it falls short, being "so awful it's almost funny." Overall, the comedic elements may appeal to some, but they are not universally appreciated.
“A funny little game that was worth it.”
“So awful it's almost funny... 'almost'.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game is criticized for its instability, featuring numerous bugs and a subpar user interface, which detracts from the overall experience. Additionally, players feel that the content is insufficient, further impacting stability.
“The game is incredibly buggy, making it frustrating to play.”
“The user interface is poorly designed, which adds to the instability of the game.”
“There is too little content, and the frequent crashes make it hard to enjoy.”
